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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2006, 2:46 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2006, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gadsden County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS... AFTERNOON CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE FL PANHANDLE...ALIGNING WITH THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH...CONVERGENT THETA-E & INSTABILITY AXIS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BUILD EAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...& BECOME WIDESPREAD. WEAK SEA BREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE...& MAY ENHANCE SOME UPWARD MOTION...AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. MODIFIED TAE SOUNDING WILL KEEP PRECIP WATER AROUND 1.66 INCHES...LI -5 TO -7...CAPE OF 3K-4K J/KG. STORM MOTION SHOULD TAKE CONVECTION E-SE. SURFACE TROUGH MAY SAG A BIT MORE TO THE AL/FL/GA STATE-LINES THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING...& BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF CONVECTION. TEMPS WILL REACH MAINLY MID 90S...WITH ISOLATED UPPER 90S INLAND...WHILE LOWER 90S AT THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY). EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED WITH AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM. OVERNIGHT THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH SAGS TO OVER N FL...& SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION COULD BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. ON MONDAY...THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY CONVECTION WITH THE TROUGH OVER THE AREA & WEAKENING...SOME WEAK SEA BREEZE ALONG THE COASTS...& WEAK UPPER DYNAMICS DRIFTING ACROSS N FL...THEN MOVING SOUTHEAST. CURRENT 50 PERCENT CHANCE POP LOOKS GOOD. TUESDAY THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN BETTER FROM THE WEST...WHILE THE STALLED TROUGH CONTINUES TO WEAKEN & DISSIPATE. SEA BREEZE FORMATION WILL BE EXPECTED...SO POP ON TUESDAY REMAINS ELEVATED. THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST INTO WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. POP CHANCES WILL COME BACK A BIT TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS...AS TEMPS RISE A BIT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE VALUES WILL STAY UP FROM 1.5 TO AROUND 2 INCHES. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY). HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE LOCAL REGION WITH SUBSIDENCE DRYING IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STILL...ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SEA BREEZE GENERATED CONVECTION EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FLORIDA ZONES. && .MARINE... WEST WINDS TODAY 5 TO 15 KTS WITH 1-2 FEET SEAS. THIS WILL GENERALLY HOLD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH A BIT MORE SW COMPONENT ALONG THE COASTS IN THE AFTERNOON MONDAY & TUESDAY. EXPECT WINDS TO SWITCH TO THE SE-E WEDNESDAY...AS THE BURMUDA HIGH BUILDS WESTWARD WITH THE AXIS WELL NORTH OF THE LOCAL WATERS. && .AVIATION... WEAK BOUNDARY SETTLING INTO THE REGION WILL HELP IGNITE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST TERMINALS. WILL KEEP TEMPO GROUPS FOR TSTMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AWAY FROM STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. VIS RESTRICTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON RAINFALL PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE GENERALLY KEPT THINGS IN THE VFR CATEGORY WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS AT KVLD. TERMINALS THAT RECEIVE A HEALTHY RAINFALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MVFR OR EVEN BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. WILL WATCH PROGRESSION OF STORMS AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING TAF PACKAGE. && .FIRE WEATHER... RH VALUES REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AFTERNOON ONSHORE SEA BREEZE FLOW WILL RETURN ON MONDAY & MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 94 74 93 / 30 50 30 50 PANAMA CITY 78 91 78 91 / 30 50 30 50 DOTHAN 75 94 75 93 / 30 50 30 40 ALBANY 75 95 75 94 / 30 50 30 40 VALDOSTA 74 94 74 94 / 30 50 30 50 CROSS CITY 75 92 74 93 / 30 50 30 50 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && AVIATION/FIRE WX...BAM PUBLIC/MARINE...MCT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECT WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 0855 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-170945- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 438 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 /538 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHING THE TRI-STATE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL HELP TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH POSSIBLY A FEW APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES AND LOW RISK ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL SAG SOUTH AND STALL ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA MONDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING ON TUESDAY. THE PRESENCE OF THE TROUGH ALONG WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME DRYING IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE PLACE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ALOFT WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EACH DAY FOR SEA BREEZE GENERATED CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH FLORIDA. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. BARRY/MCT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1258 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 FLZ007>011-161800- COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-INLAND WALTON-JACKSON-WASHINGTON- 1158 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES...JACKSON... WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT AT 1148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORM ARE ALSO PRODUCING...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 105 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 GAZ155-161730- SEMINOLE- 105 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF DONALSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONALSONVILLE BY 120 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:16 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 216 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 FLZ007-008-161900- COASTAL WALTON-INLAND WALTON- 116 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF WALTON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. 23-MCNATT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:16 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 216 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 GAZ145-157-161845- GRADY-MITCHELL- 216 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRADY AND SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PELHAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 14-MROCZKA
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 220 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 FLZ011-013-016-026-161900- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-JACKSON-LIBERTY- 220 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN...GADSDEN...JACKSON AND LIBERTY COUNTIES IN NORTHERN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT (200 PM CDT) AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CHATTAHOOCHEE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT 850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. 23-MCNATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Cook | 34 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.